...that seeketh truth, and I will pardon xxii- //: and, / sought for a man, saith God in Ezekiel, among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in...destroy it, but I found none; therefore have I poured mine indignation upon them: there Ua. i. 9. was then a remnant of those who closely did serve "4*18....

...word in the presence of God, when the Books are opened for judgment : — ' / sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge, and stand in the...land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none ! ' May I not say, that even ' backslidine Israel ' shall ' rue «p in judgment with this generation,...

...that brought them down ? ' I sought for a man among them,' said He to whom all judgment pertains, ' that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap...before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; and I found none.' But it is not to national and temporal judgments, though they might be terrible...

...encouragement. Ten righteous men would have saved Sodom. And God says of the Jews, " I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge, and stand in the...Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them. I have consumed íliem with the fire of my wrath; their own way have I recompensed upon their heads,...

...vexed the poor and the needy ; yea, they vexed the poor against his right ; I sought for a man amongst them that should make up the hedge, and stand in the...land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none. Now consider this, ye priests, prophets, and professors in Christendom, try yourselves, and see if...

...lamentable event; God himself so testified: for, ' I sought,' said he, ' for a man among them, that would make up the hedge and stand in the gap before me for...not destroy it: but I found none. Therefore have I poised out mine indignation on them :' and, ' Run ye to and fro, (said he again,) seek if ye can find...

...; the people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery : and I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in...that I should not destroy it ; but I found none,' saith Ezekiel : and the rest frequently harp on the same thing. But these prophets, you will say, lived...

...; the people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery : and I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in...that I should not destroy it ; but I found none,' saith Ezekiel : and the rest frequently harp on the same thing. But these prophets, you will say, lived...

...the poor and needy; yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. And I 31 sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge, and stand in the...Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath ; their own way have I recompensed upon their heads,...

...called the repairers of the breach, the restorers of paths to dwell in. " I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in...not destroy it : but I found none. Therefore have I j poured out mine indignation upon them ; I have consumed them ' with the fire of my wrath : their...